Security Advisory - Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Some Microsoft Windows Systems

Microsoft released a security advisory to disclose an elevation of privilege vulnerability which exists in the way that the Windows Kernel handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-04145)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-1027.

Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:

<http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200805-01-windows-en&gt;